Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 2 | Above Angela found the 17th-century four-poster bed while on a foray in the Welsh borders 18 years ago , and came upon the crewel-work hangings only a few weeks later in Hastings . |
| 3 | Hence the burgeoning popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party : a fringe party of Hindu extremists only a few years ago , it looks as though it could be part of a government after the election . |
| 4 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |
| 5 | DR Gregor Gysi , East Germany 's new Communist party ( SED ) chairman , was shunned as a dangerous idealist reformer by the country 's discredited leaders only a few weeks ago . |